Interior Minister Rehman Malik directed the security forces on Friday to get ready for final operation against the terrorists and kidnappers in various localities of the city.
He was addressing a press conference after attending a meeting on law and situation in Karachi. Talking to journalists, Rehman Malik said he had given a 24-hour deadline to the abductors and kidnapping mafia to release the innocent people or face action by the law-enforcement agencies.
Malik admitted that situation in Karachi was quite complex and both the federal and the provincial governments were grappling with the situation.
He assured the media that all steps would be taken to bring back normalcy to the city of lights. “The security agencies have been directed to prepare a roadmap for action against kidnappers, militants, target killers, miscreants and terrorists,” he said.
The interior minister told the journalists on the occasion that after rangers and police, coastguards would be called in the city to take decisive action against the target killers.
He hoped that by Saturday afternoon, the situation would return to normalcy. He also shared a good news with media that 18 kidnapped people had been released by the kidnappers and sent home.
